[SOLVED] grub2 - error you need to load the linux kernel first

Question

I can boot into windows just fine but ran into this error when I try to boot into archlinux. I've tried both root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/69a3679e-f730-4ccc-8977-c0ef89bdea8a and root=/dev/sda6 but they do not work.
$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009e647
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13416 107763988+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 13417 38913 204804652+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 13417 13678 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 13679 37638 192458668+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 37639 38913 10241406 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c28df
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 38913 312568641 83 Linux
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
# Config file for GRUB2 - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
# Linux Grub
# /dev/fd0 (fd0)
# /dev/sda (hd0)
# /dev/sdb2 (hd1,2)
# /dev/sda3 (hd0,3)
# Timeout for menu
set timeout=5
# Set default boot entry as Entry 0
set default=0
set menu_color_normal=light-blue/black
set menu_color_highlight=light-cyan/blue
# (0) Arch Linux
menuentry "Arch Linux" {
set root=(hd0,5)
linux /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/69a3679e-f730-4ccc-8977-c0ef89bdea8a ro
initrd /kernel26.img
## (1) Windows
menuentry "Windows" {
set root=(hd0,1)
chainloader +1
old menu.lst that worked
# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst
# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
# Linux Grub
# /dev/fd0 (fd0)
# /dev/hda (hd0)
# /dev/hdb2 (hd1,1)
# /dev/hda3 (hd0,2)
# FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
# ----+--------------------------------------------
# 256 | 0x301=769 0x303=771 0x305=773 0x307=775
# 32K | 0x310=784 0x313=787 0x316=790 0x319=793
# 64K | 0x311=785 0x314=788 0x317=791 0x31A=794
# 16M | 0x312=786 0x315=789 0x318=792 0x31B=795
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# general configuration:
timeout 5
default 0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/69a3679e-f730-4ccc-8977-c0ef89bdea8a ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/69a3679e-f730-4ccc-8977-c0ef89bdea8a ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
title Linux Mint, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
title Linux Mint, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=/dev/sda7 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
title Linux Mint, kernel memtest86+
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
# (1) Windows
#title Windows
#rootnoverify (hd0,0)
#makeactive
#chainloader +1
Last edited by gmhafiz (2009-01-20 11:19:29)

Answer 1

look at the difference between the grub.cfg and menu.lst # DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
and try:
# (0) Arch Linux
menuentry "Arch Linux" {
set root=(hd0,6)
linux /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/69a3679e-f730-4ccc-8977-c0ef89bdea8a ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
Last edited by biagio (2009-01-20 11:03:28)